SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.—
Isabelle Sullivan scored two goals to lead a balanced attack that saw six players score seven goals in a 7-0 Skidmore College women's soccer win over Mount Holyoke College Saturday afternoon.
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The win evens the Thoroughbreds record at 1-1, while the Lyons are also 1-1.
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Ava Keller and
Claire Wolgast combined in net for the shutout.
It took just 3:29 for the game's first goal as Skidmore's
Carly Craft drove hard on the right side and edged her defender along the end line, before slipping a pass to
Vanessa Eljaiek, who converted her chance into the open net to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Just 5:13 later, the Thoroughbreds extended their lead to a pair when Sullivan came into the game and fired a shot from just outside the box that carried over the keeper's head and into the back of the net to make it 2-0.
With 10:48 on the clock in the first half,
Lily Hammill slipped a pass to
Kyra Russman-Araya, who then took a shot from the top of the box and snuck the ball into the
bottom-right corner, giving the Thoroughbreds a 3-0 lead at the break.
Mount Holyoke College put some pressure on Skidmore's back line early in the second half as Hannah Keochakian generated a shot that was blocked, before the Thoroughbreds countered which resulted in a goal from
Ella Stone to make it 4-0, visitors, with 40:11 to play.
Skidmore added a fifth and sixth goals just 5:06 apart, as
Lauren Winkler scored on an assist from
Liz Foley, before Sullivan netted her second of the game.
Katheryn Dunn then converted the Thoroughbreds' seventh on a corner from
Lauren Greaves that she headed past Breen.
Skidmore hosts New Paltz on Sept. 11 at 7
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